These lucky plastic dummies are often the first riders on the roller coasters that we’re itching to ride. I assume that they’re meant to simulate a weighted train packed with live riders. They’ve been featured in countless test videos on YouTube (like this one of the Battlestar Galactica coaster), but I never thought I’d get to meet them in person. I couldn’t help myself when I saw a bunch of these under the Intimidator’s station during the 2010 Coaster Stock event at Carowinds. The Bolliger & Mabillard stamp had me geeking out even more.
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November 19, 2011 at 03:55
I wonder how much they wiegh.
November 19, 2011 at 16:28
probably the average adult male rider.
November 20, 2011 at 08:40
Probably.
November 20, 2011 at 08:42
I wasn't correcting your punctuation in that coment, I didn't noitce what it looked like before I had posted that comment.
November 19, 2011 at 16:29
Do they have heads? Or are they headless coaster-men?
November 20, 2011 at 06:45
It looks like they do, in order to fit the restraints.
November 24, 2011 at 10:45
in May at Cedar Point when we first got in line for the 9am lines the employees were taking the dummies out of the coaster and slinging them to the side. I thought that was pretty cool.